Kate Churruca

Dr Kate Churruca is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Her research examines organisational culture and its impact on care delivery, and draws upon complexity science and implementation science to make improvements in care settings like hospitals, aged care, general practice. Dr Churruca is the recipient of a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant, awarded to fund her research on safety culture in residential aged care facilities. She has also worked as a member of the expert advisory group for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on safety culture measurement in Australian hospitals.